The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-12

OIO age.
DIR. Clark W. Dunlop, in Home Kno,ut-
edge for june has a very Interesting article,
entitled when Are We Oldm The subject
of the article was doubtless suggested to him
by his observations in his practice Physf-
clans in treating patient take into consid-
GRAFTON his age, and his age is not to be de
termined 50 much by the years he'has lived,
as by the number he is likely tolive Many
people are old at 40; others are young at
that age. There are plenty of men and
women of 80 who are younger than many of
40 or IS. People grow old quickly if they
are subjected to great hapdships, or have
great troubles. They show physical decay
early in life if they indulge in designations,
or if they live in an unhealthy climate
The late Prof Faraday said that man
should live to be hundred years old, and
the eminent scientist, DIR. Farr, entertains
the same opinion. The duration of a mans
life is believed to be measured by the time
of his growth, and it is thought that he
should live five times as long it takes him to
reach maturity. As a rule, a man is twenty
years in growing, and he ought, therefore,
to live century.
DR.. Dunlop divides life as follows: Child
hood, from ! to 20; young man, from 20 to
40; middle-aged man, from 40 to 60; an
elderly man. from GO to so, and an old man,
from so to 100.
Prof. j. r. Buchanan says that both the
medical profession and popular opinion I'M
derrate the limits of human longevity, and he
also says that when men are bred and trained
with o,,I
and cattle the limits of human life will be
placed at 40, instead of 100
The number of men who live beyond a
century at the present time is very large
The eminent Russian scientist, NJ Kohl, re-
Gently published statement that is rather
astounding. He says: Despite their enor-
nous consumption of vile liquor called
'vodki, the Russians are stronger, healthier
and more long-lived than any other Euro
pean nation. In the whole Russian empire
there die annually &c, 900 men above 50 years
of age-that is to say, a third part of
the yearly obituary-9O0 above 100
years of age; 80 to So who are
more than 120 years old; 20 above
100 and above 1876; while on an average
2 or may be annually reckoned on to at
tain the age from 40 to 155"
In other countries frequent instances of
longevity are mentioned, but the percent
age of long-lived persons must be greater in
Russia than elsewhere, if NJ Kohl's
statement is correct. Mr.. Parr, of London,
was famous for his age, being 155 at the
date of death, and it is mentioned that SO
great was his vitality that he might have
lfrrsa1 oil l.. Il L.
10 the Court of King Charles and permitted
to eat too much rich, highly seasoned food.
DIR. Dunlop calls attention to the French
chemist, Chevreue, who lately passed his
Tooth year, and who is still in the full vigor
of his intellect. A man lately died at st.
Petersburg at the age of 122, who, at 1lS,
enjoyed excellent health. A few years ago
there was on exhibition at Chicago a man
named Greedy, who was 1873 years of age,
and few weeks ago there died a colored
woman in Kansas City who was alleged to
be 125 years old. Therefis farmer named
O'Leary, at Elkton, Mimi, who is 1l2 years
old, and Noah Raby, of Plainfield, N. j.,
who has passed his 115th year, still supports
himself by his labor.
There are good many old men who are
still active in the affairs of the world.
Gladstone has passed his nth year, and EN-
peror William, of Germany has celebrated
his Goth birthday. NJ, Grevy, the President
of the French republic, is rs, and Won
Moltke, the General of the German army,
is ST. There are eight editors in Boston
who are past 80, and there is railroad
President in Connecticut who is more than
%. David Dudley Field, one of the most
active lawyers in New York, is over so, and
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, who is
still a vigorous man, is 81.
No, it will hardly do to say that man is
old because he has lived certain number
of years. Youth, says DIR. Dunlop, is merely
a relative idea and ''the best summing up of
the whole matter may be found in the old
saying that "a woman is as old as she looks
and man is as old as he feels"